Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-10-22
LIFE IN VIENNA.

yrcsneu here c"iiJ
s'r "U Peculiar class. From the
nol.. Wear long boots to the
prov P'ssshr Short skirts to the boots Practical saa
su.a s...s but not ornamental. Seven differ
dre'', .,ume, seen daily on the streets.
en-, ,,ossrs ou At noon lie down and sleep on
nAOv .1 s,v.mcnts. Ditto in the parks and
INC p rr.ss Both sexes seen lying
o. On. 'S1 ~ side. No "keep off the grass
s,'s y, .,.rv ~ turning. Polish Jew frequent.
=, ,a.S,ssi sI,., gown. reaching to heels high
,n,O',.s n.,. and long corkscrew curls. Look
,,s. ns.' olsello. au Big dogs drawing hand
Ike. like o's'r, Street cars won't stop for you
% "n,y a, certain places. Indicated by a
UA. .o.t on track. The tub the uni
80 vessel to carry things in. Oval
.s.ne. [ One stave longer than the rest.
soit can be bound on the carriers back.
Carrie, all the water up the six or
seven pairs Of stone stairs in the Vi
snna houses Clean clothes ditto for
wash. Separate shops for orandy' Deer
and wine. Peasant on spree carries
green twig stuck in bis hat-band to
Indicate TO the Vienna public his pres
ant mental and moral condition. Hacks
hung low on the wheels. Drivers in
Uniform here. Fares low. Ten cents
carries you from Dombach to Leopol-
stadt. Suburban village 5 or 6 miles
distant Emperor and empress are
frequently seen driving on the streets.
No fuss; all hats 60 off as they go by.
Soldiers everywhere; sentries ditto. in
/. chronic condition of saluting officers.
FLEA, abundant. Everybody eats at
the restaurant Vienna is all restaurant
on the ground floor. Little home cook
inc Is done. Melangc and rolls are the
universal breakfast. Melange is half
coffee and half hot milk, always brought
YOU in tall tumbler with big table,
spoon. Living here is very public. If
YOU hire q room the chances are you
must pass through somebody's bed
room to get to it, or have some one
pass through yours. Female help.
Indifferent or oblivious to gentlemen
lodgers, come right in at all hours,
without knocking, when on duty.
Stoves are like monuments, nine
feet high, covered with porcelain.
The furnace holds about two quarts of
coal. The rest is monument. Hand
some men, good shapes. full chests,
fine bass voices. A pleasure to sit in a
railway station and hear the officials in
charge call the trains. Handsome
women ditto. Everybody out on the
street shopping by 8 or 9 in the morn
ing Nap at noon. Gardens full OF
families dining in open air at 5p. m.
They 90 1t till 8. Music. flowers, stat
uary all about Eating not done at q
gulp More happiness to the square
yard. Newspapers small. Outside
world disposed of in about twenty
lines. Lots of small comic illustrated
papers. "Trink halles" on every cor.
ner. Round pagodas. Girls inside.
No room for more. Sells lemonade,
orangeade, soda water, and other light
foggy fluid. People here always swal.
lowing something.
Elevator at hotel Big fuss over it
Two men In uniform to run it. Pace
mile an hour. Beds all single. Every
body seems to sleep single here. Ont
more bed on top of bed quilt. Very
light full of feathers. in green sill
bag.
Barracks every where. Six stories
Full of soldiers Soldiers everywhere
Drilling everywhere. Drumming every
where. footing everywhere. Sol
diers marching past hotels at five il
the morning. Always getting ready t,
kill somebody. Same all over Europe
Never out of sight of a bayonet
Nations here awfully afraid of eacl
other. Singular pumps. Very tall
Long. crooked iron handle. Reach t,
the ground. Tobacco shops all run b
government. Keep stamps also. In
variable sign over door *. K
king and Kaiser). The empero
does all the tobacco business. No
much tobacco in their cigars. Washe
out. Prices Of groceries and dry good
always marked on articles in shop wir
dows. Can read and translate as yo
walk.
Cultivated shade trees lay over an,
hing In America. Six rows. full grow
In some streets. with walks underneath
Fountains. benches everywhere. Bus
ness streets all shaded. not bare to su
IKE Broadway or Fifth Avenue. Bat
houses five stories high. Every bod
here really washes by the bath and nc
BY the bedroom washbasin. Went {
one Girl cashier. Took my none,
turned me over to another girl. Blae
eyed. Good looking. Went in viii
me- Turned on the water hot and col,
Both OF us waited for the tub to fill Vi
wondered II she'd leave. Stran,
country. Novel customs. Tub fills u
WI leaves. Examined door. No loc
"k on collar. Girl bursts in agai
Deo'ght more towels. And tn,
rP'01s Wondered what they were fc